Changes

There are so many things changing in our lives right now.  It's exciting, scary, nerve-wracking, peaceful, and so many other things all at the same time.  Since I began this weight loss journey, I have lost 24 pounds.  That's a big deal!  I am down to 235!!  It's been terribly hard, but I love stepping on the scale and seeing the number go down.  I'm missing pizza, enchilladas, and cokes.  I'm learning to love lettuce, skinny cow fudge pops, teas, and the feeling that I can do it! 

This weekend we were really busy.  Friday night we had a meeting about the biggest dream in our hearts right now.  CityChurch is planning on building a place called Hope Ranch.  Right now in AISD there are over 900 homeless children.  That is a staggering number.  Jackie and I have been really praying for the Lord to give us more children.  This desire for kids is contagious at CityChurch.  There are many other families who have adopted, are adopting, or are considering adopting in the future.  We have a dream, a dream for a neighborhood full of these kids in Christian homes.  Kids who have room to run and play, learn about the God who loves them so much, and to see that life should be different.  We want to give these kids a safe, secure place to do all these things in.  Don always used to say, "Help without hope is no help at all!"  So, we want to give them a place to grow up and to gain this hope.  We envision a tree-lined street with homes on either side, a barn, campfire pit, garden, and a fishing hole.  Jackie and I are going to move there and be house parents.  Not just house parents, but kids' parents. 

Speaking of that, tonight is our first CPS meeting.  We are going to being the process of becoming licensed foster parents with CPS.  We will eventually be able to adopt children through CPS.  It's so exciting!  We are both nervous, but we know that this is what the Lord wants for us.  We are praying for the Lord to begin to equip us.  We know we are lacking in many areas, but most of all we know that "God does not call the equipped, but He equips the called!"